- to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
- life (one's time on earth)
- mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling
- to talk about; to narrate; to give an account
- peasant; farmer
- child
- how; what way; what
- to mature; to grow; growth
- 为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
- inside; interior; also pr. [li3 mian5]
- to fall over; to stumble; (fig.) to suffer hardship; to be in desperate straits
- to betray
- helpless; helplessness; feeling useless; no help
- certain; confident (of some outcome); calm and unhurried
- really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
- to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
- you (plural)
- to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 听 yǐn: 听 yin3: smile (archaic)听 tīng: 听 ting1: to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- mama; mommy; mother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- since childhood; from a young age
- to learn; to study
- history; CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4]
- culture; civilization; cultural; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]
- afterwards; later; newly arrived
- diplomat
- business; trade; commerce
- to inquire; to consult; to seek advice from
- adviser; consultant
- secretary-general
- member of congress; congressman
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs; foreign office; Dept. of State
- head of a (government etc) department; section chief; section head; secretary; minister; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- now; at present; currently
- citizen
- the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind
- straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- main line (of communication); main thread (of a plotline or concept); central theme
- the first time; for the first time
- time; length of time; moment; period
- that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- to be connected; traffic; transportation; communications; liaison